This site is devoted to educating and informing private company owners of the perils of the ongoing Baby Boom Business Exit Tsunami. This storm of sales is bringing twice as many companies to the market as is the norm. The law of supply...
[more]
This site is devoted to educating and informing private company owners of the perils of the ongoing Baby Boom Business Exit Tsunami. This storm of sales is bringing twice as many companies to the market as is the norm. The law of supply and demand is merciless.
Today, I lost a very dear friend. And this is the hardest part of being a Baby Boomer. Losing your friends and family. I don’t mind (as much) the character wrinkles or that my body is changing and that gravity is winning. But, what I do mind losing is a good friend that I enjoyed their company and time that we had together. Read Full Story
Beverly Mahone is the mastermind behind the Baby Boomer Women’s Spring Break, which will be April 18th-20th at the Hilton Resort in Daytona Beach, Florida. Along with seminars pertaining to issues that the 40+ woman faces, there will be a Zumba workout (led by your’s truly), a mini-spa, pa-jamming party, karioke, dancing, just a good old time!
Featured speakers are Bern Nadette Stanis, who was Thelma on Good Times, Shirley Mitchell, a celebrity radio star, Joy Kelly, a Hollywood actress... Read Full Story
Interesting clip from the Today Show this morning that discusses how some banks are targeting the baby boomer market with tailored accounts. NBC’s Jean Chatzky reported that banks like Wachovia and Suntrust have released checking accounts to attract people 50 years and older. According to Chatzky, the fees for these accounts are typically lower than other accounts offered at the banks and they hope that if the person will sign up for a checking account they will sign up for other... Read Full Story
This was in today's WSJ ...A dear friend sent it to me. Just wanted to share. This past spring, just two weeks after I turned 56, I was laid off after nine years at a company. The news came suddenly. One morning I got word, and by the end of the day I was gone from the premises. I rode the subway from Manhattan back to Queens, thinking about how to tell my wife. I was the sole support of a family of four, including a son in college and a daughter studying music. Within hours of getting... Read Full Story
One can ponder the results of the election results and only divine what it all means. Thank goodness that the issues of retirement, asset values, family business transition issues and exit strategy planning are so much more specific and scientific. While one cannot quantify the results of the presidential primary at this time, though the network talking heads seem to drink some magical elixir that empowers them to see the future, the private company owner has tools to help him/her advance... Read Full Story
Author: Cathy Pareto Will your equities suffer when the baby boom generation decides to retire? There were 77
million baby boomers born between 1947 and 1964, that’s roughly 4.5 million a year. Many
financial experts agree that the boomers, aggressively saving for retirement, are partly
responsible for the surge in equity investments over the last several years. And some
doomsayers are predicting the boomers will drain the equity markets of their capital once they
retire. Should... Read Full Story
J ob cuts, globalization, baby boomer business exit and the private capital markets are complex issues. While they are complex and need to be investigated as individual studies, one must also begin to connect the dots of relationship that exist between them. As the major news sources report on economic issues at the macro level, which are not directly applicable or understandable in perspective to the private company owner or their employees, more detailed reporting is going on in other... Read Full Story
Author: Josh Leitz We're not going to focus on the specifics of the funding and how it's being accounted for. We are going to talk about how this funding will greatly impact our students! Due to funding education hasn't been able to keep up with technology. We're not talking about not being able to upgrade to Windows Vista...how about upgrading to Windows XP!! For those that aren't familiar with software releases, Windows XP was released in 2005...that's four years ago! Schools currently... Read Full Story
Where did Fred Thompson’s voters go and yes, I am, I am mad as hell!
I Am Mad As Hell And I Am Not Going To Take This Anymore! Where did all the wondrous possibilities for Republican presidential candidates drop off to? What is going on with my party?
I feel seriously cheated and angry and disappointed-where is Mike Huckabee, where is Rudy Guiliani, where is Fred Thompson ? This happened all too quickly and quietly for my taste.
I am mad. I am really mad. I am an angry Republican who... Read Full Story
The purpose of this web site and the regular contributions of substantiated facts are delivered to inform and educate private company owners. The focus of the education is to eliminate the logical fallacies that both the market place and the owners themselves use as foundational thinking. That thinking, based in emotional and self-serving egocentric agendas, and maybe even fear, prevent actions that can maximize asset values. While those Baby Boomers who own businesses contemplate retirement... Read Full Story
